Powering Up: Unleashing the Clean Energy Supply Chain by Alan Finkel
$34.99 AUD
Category: SUSTAINABLE
Former chief scientist Alan Finkel shares his compelling insights and expertise and makes the case for Australia leading the way in the global transition to clean energy. The clean energy transition is humanity's biggest ever economic challenge. In Powering Up, former Australian chief scientist Alan F ...Show more
Eating the Earth: Why We Need to Change the Way we do Business with Nature by Justyn Walsh
$34.99 AUD
Category: SUSTAINABLE
Money talks, but it doesn't always tell the truth ...Although it has generated riches for billions, industrial capitalism is underwritten by a planetary pyramid scheme. In the global equivalent of selling the furniture to pay the rent, we are destroying natural assets and calling the result 'income' whi ...Show more
Retrosuburbia: The Downshifter's Guide to a Resilient Future by David Holmgren
$89.99 AUD
Category: SUSTAINABLE
This 592 page manual shows how Australians can downshift and retrofit their homes, gardens, communities and, above all, themselves to be more self-organised, sustainable and resilient into an uncertain future. It promises a challenging but exciting mix of satisfying work, a more meaningful way of living ...Show more
How to Argue with a Meat Eater (and Win Every Time) by Ed Winters
$36.99 AUD
Category: SUSTAINABLE
How to Argue With a Meat Eater (and Win Every Time) is an essential companions for all vegans helping them to remain cool and calm (and win) even in the most heated debate. It comprehensively breaks down every argument used against veganism, providing readers with impressive rebuttals to these arguments ...Show more
Wasteland: The Dirty Truth About What We Throw Away, Where It Goes, and Why It Matters by Oliver Franklin-Wallis
$34.99 AUD
Category: SUSTAINABLE
'A gripping read that will anger as much as it fascinates' Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall'An incredible journey into the world of rubbish, full of fascinating characters and mind-bending facts' Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland 'Urgent, probing and endlessly interesting' Cal Flyn, author of Islands of A ...Show more
The Rare Metals War The dark side of clean energy and digital technologies by Guillaume Pitron
$36.99 AUD
Category: SUSTAINABLE
The resources race is on. Powering our digital lives and green technologies are some of the Earth's most precious metals - but they are running out. And what will happen when they do? The green-tech revolution has been lauded as the silver bullet to a new world. One that is at last free of oil, pollutio ...Show more
The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism by Adrienne Buller
$39.99 AUD
Category: SUSTAINABLE
Public understanding of, and outcry over, the dire state of the climate and environment is greater than ever before. Parties across the political spectrum claim to be climate leaders, and overt denial is on the way out. Yet when it comes to slowing the course of the climate and nature crises, despite a ...Show more
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic by Bill Gates
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The COVID-19 pandemic isn't over, but even as governments around the world strive to put it behind us, they're also starting to talk about what happens next. How can we prevent a new pandemic from killing millions of people and devastating the global economy? Can we even hope to accomplish this?Bill Gat ...Show more
Cloud Land: The dramatic story of Australia's extraordinary rainforest people and country by Penny van Oosterzee
$34.99 AUD
Category: SUSTAINABLE
A sweeping account of Australia's wet tropical rainforest country, from deep time to the legendary time of Australia's first peoples; from the killing times and maniacal destruction of the forests by European settlers, to the present time of growing awareness of forests as the life-force of the planet. ...Show more
Backyard Bees: A Complete Guide for the Beginner Beekeeper or Bee Enthusiast by Doug Purdie
$36.99 AUD
Category: SUSTAINABLE
Fully revised and updated bestselling beginner's bee book, now with info on the Flow Hive and bee-friendly planting plus more on native bees. Australia's no. 1 bee book! 'A wealth of knowledge! This book will help many keen bee enthusiasts to start their journey in beekeeping.' Mat Lumalasi, Rooftop Hon ...Show more
What We Owe the Future: The Million-Year View by William MacAskill
$32.99 AUD
Category: SUSTAINABLE
We are remarkably early in the story of human civilisation. We are still five hundred million years away from the sterilisation of the Earth by the Sun, and one hundred trillion years away from the dying of the last stars. Leaving a shard of broken glass on the ground may harm someone tomorrow or one hu ...Show more
Homegrown: A year of growing, cooking and eating by Paul West
$44.99 AUD
Category: SUSTAINABLE
Join River Cottage Australia host Paul West in his garden and kitchen as he shows you how to become that little bit more self-sufficient. Homegrown will give you the confidence and know-how you'll need to grow, cook and preserve your way through the year. Homegrown features planting guides for the mos ...Show more